Pets are often sent home the same
day after chemotherapy, and although most of the drug is metabolized within just a few hours, some remnants of it can remain in the blood for a few days.
Many dogs experience some form of stomach or intestinal discomfort two to seven
days after a chemotherapy treatment.
Not exact matches
Men who lose the ability to produce sperm
after chemotherapy might one
day be able to regain their fertility.
The researchers confirmed these findings in a mammary carcinoma mouse model — treatment with dasatinib just a few
days after administering two high doses of
chemotherapy prevented tumor growth and increased survival rates.
Patients receive cyclophosphamide for two
days after their bone marrow transplant, in addition to two other
chemotherapy drugs given before the transplant.
If it proves as effective in people as it is in mice, a vaccine could one
day be given to cancer patients
after surgery, radiation therapy, or
chemotherapy to prevent tumors from regrowing.
However,
after this 43 -
day period,
chemotherapy, immunotherapy or targeted therapy can be restarted.
After the surgery, I spent 18
days in inpatient care and another two months in recovery before I could even start
chemotherapy and radiation.
After the initial diagnosis, my
days consisted of doctor's visits,
chemotherapy, scans, sleep, sickness, and fear.
A month
after the diagnosis, with my
chemotherapy treatments about to begin, I obliquely mentioned, just before the bell rang, that I would be missing one
day a week for a while for what I referred to as «treatment for a medical condition.»
Audi spent a couple of
days in the hospital on supportive care
after starting
chemotherapy to help avoid side effects of tumor lysis, a syndrome that can occur and make the patient very ill when a large volume of tumor cells are rapidly killed by
chemotherapy.
Nausea and vomiting — risk greatest 2 - 5
days after administration of the
chemotherapy.
My dog Puma was put on an osteosarcoma clinical
after his leg was amputated to determine if there was a difference in outcome for dogs who received
chemotherapy the
day after surgery vs. waiting a week.
If
chemotherapy is to be administered
after surgery, there is often a waiting period of 7 - 12
days in order to allow the dog to recover fully from surgery before undergoing that treatment.
Recently, a median survival time of 7 months was reported for dogs receiving radiation therapy along with
chemotherapy; whereas a combination of surgery and
chemotherapy showed more encouraging median survival rates of 235 - 366
days with up to 28 % surviving two years
after diagnosis.
Three of these four vaccinated dogs with a
chemotherapy - induced durable second remission are still alive with no evidence of lymphoma at 689, 1209, and 1216
days after the start of their initial
chemotherapy.
Patients will receive radiation to the front half of the body once a
day for two
days (4 Gy per
day for a total of 8 Gy)
after chemotherapy treatment no. 8.
J.J. started
chemotherapy in August, but her mother withdrew consent
after 12
days, having spoken with Clement: «He had the tone of voice where he was so confident.